Homework question - what happens to cells when they're put in distilled wate - (Sep/04/2007 )
Before anyone asks, I've looked everywhere for the answer to this question; obviously it is in my textbook somewhere, but I'd have an entire unit (about 50, 60 pages) to read to find the answer, and unfortunately I do not have the time for that tonight.
So, I'm in Grade 10, currently taking biology and one of my "Reference Questions" are: "what happens to cells when they're put in distilled water?" I've thought about it and I think I have the answer, but not enough so to put it down. I Googled this, there was nothing; I Google imaged this and I found a picture but it's so large and blurry that I can't tell anything. I sure haven't been lazy, haha. So I found this forum as I figured this would be my last resort... If anyone could direct me to the answer (not necessarily tell me it, just give me a hint or point me in the right direction), it'd be appreciated. 
Review your notes on osmosis. You should be able to figure it out from there.
So, I'm in Grade 10, currently taking biology and one of my "Reference Questions" are: "what happens to cells when they're put in distilled water?" I've thought about it and I think I have the answer, but not enough so to put it down. I Googled this, there was nothing; I Google imaged this and I found a picture but it's so large and blurry that I can't tell anything. I sure haven't been lazy, haha. So I found this forum as I figured this would be my last resort... If anyone could direct me to the answer (not necessarily tell me it, just give me a hint or point me in the right direction), it'd be appreciated.
a clue : osmolarities tend to homogenize. water tends to go were osmolarity is higher
do you remember an osmosis experiment with a plastic tube which let water thru but not salt and this was filled with saline and put in a beaker of water
- what happened to the tube?
dom
good luck